Hutch Boost
Mar 19, 2008 (LBO) – Subscribers of the Sri Lanka mobile unit of Hutchison Telecom doubled to more than a million in 2007, while revenue growth topped 50 …
Technology
Telco Moves
March 17, 2008 (LBO) – India's Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) is looking for a joint venture partner to take up a 50 percent stake in Sri Lanka's …
Channel Change
March 14, 2008 (LBO) – Echannelling, Sri Lanka's fist listed dotcom said its chief executive, Sidath Chandrasena, would be resigning from June 2008. The …
New Day
March 11, 2008 (LBO) – Bharti Airtel Lanka, a subsidiary of India's Bharti Airtel, said it had pushed back the launch of its mobile service in Sri Lanka …
Tele Connect
Mar 10, 2008 (LBO) – The sale of an equity stake in Sri Lanka Telecom held by Japan's NTT to Malaysia's Usaha Tegas group could go ahead, the island's …
Private Call
March 08, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT), the island's dominant fixed line operator, has invested over 100 billion rupees in the business since it …
Mobile Eye
Feb 29, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Kay Jay Security has tied with Dialog Telekom to provide a closed circuit television (CCTV) monitoring through third …
Tough Chats
Feb 29, 2008 (LBO) – Higher inflation which reduced the spending power of subscribers and declining security was hurting Sri Lanka's telecom firms, Fitch …
Net TV
Feb 27, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Telecom, the island's dominant fixed line operator, Wednesday announced it had set up a subsidiary to provide internet …
Tele Chief
Feb 26, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) has appointed Leisha Chandrasena, who was already a board member, as its new chairperson, an official said. …
Tele Case
Feb 25, 2008 (LBO) – Legal action against the sale of Sri Lanka Telecom shares held by Japan's NTT is to continue despite the death of the original …
Tele Outlook
Feb 18, 2008 (LBO) – Standard & Poor's said it had cut the outlook on Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT), the island's largest fixed operator, to 'negative' from …
Low Tones
Feb 18, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Dialog Telekom group December quarter profits fell 35 percent despite revenue climbing 26 percent as losses from its pay …
Third Vision
Feb 11, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's top mobile operator Dialog Telekom says its third generation network will be used to provide live newsfeeds for Sri …
Mobile Finance
Feb 08, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Dialog Telekom, a unit of Telekom Malaysia, said it had raised 30 million US dollars from two banks to buy …
Lost Packets
Jan 31, 2008 (LBO) – Internet users in Sri Lanka and other South Asian countries may see their internet connections slowing, as a submarine cable in the …
Profit vs Growth
January 28, 2008 (LBO) – Investors in telecommunications stocks in emerging markets like Sri Lanka are more concerned with business growth and cash flows …
LawAsiaICT2008
Jan 25, 2008 (LBO) -- Sri Lankan regulators should look for all options to bring down the cost of mobile phone ownership as the industry has emerged as a key …
LawAsiaICT2008
January 25, 2008 (LBO) – Software companies are planning to launch a series of law suits against unlawful copying of their work in Sri Lanka this year, a …
Digital TV
Jan 24, 2008 (LBO) – Mobile operator Dialog Telekom's digital broadcasting of terrestrial television via standard broadcast frequencies will be less …